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Being  the  fecond  after  Biffextileor  Leap-year;  the  four- 
teenth of  the  Reign  of  Our  moft  Gracious  Sovereign  Lord  j 
King  Geortre   III,  And  from   the  Creation  of  the  World,  ^ 
according  to  the  beft   Hiftory,  5722-      But  the   78th  from  ( 
the  horrid,  Popifh,  High-Church,  Jacobite  Plo'.  e 

Ffperially  infcribed  and  dedicated  to  the  Life  of  Libra-  < 
rians  and  Ribliotheraries,  with  manv  Counfels  on  the  Proper  ( 
Care  of  Books. 

Calculated  for  the  Meridian  of  N'ew  Haven,  where  thg  ( 
Artick  Pole  is  elevated  41  deg.  20  min.  But  may  indifFer.  « 
ently  ferve  any  part  of  N.  England.  Wherein  is  contained  ( 
The  Lunations,  Eclipfes  of  the  Luminaries,  Afpefts  &  Geo- 
centrick  places  of  the  Planets,  the  Sun's  Rifing  6c  Setting,  ' 
with  the  Moon's  Rifing  &  Setting  in  the  Night  time  follow-  J 
ing  the  Day  of  the  Month,  with  the  moon's  place  &  time  of  ' 
high  water.  Judgment  of  the  Weather,  and  other  things  nee-  / 
effary  for  fuch  a  compofure. 

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of  a  Rattlefnake,  mad*-  Publick  by  Abel  Puffer  of  Stoughton. 

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The  Old  Librarian's  Almanack 

By 

A  very  rare  pamphlet  first  published  in  New  Haven 

Connecticut  in  1  773  and  now  reprinted 

for  the  first  time 


The  Librarians  Series 

Edited  by 
John  Cotton  Dana  and  Henry  IV.  Kent 

Number  one 


Published  by 

The  Elm  Tree  Press  Woodstock  Vermont 

1909 


UBRARY 
SCHOOL 


Copyright 

1909 

By  Edmund  L.  Pearson 


PREFACE 

Nathaniel  Cutter,  Esq.,  who  for  over  fifty  years  had  practised  law 
in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  died  on  March  9,  1907.  His  executor 
asked  me  to  arrange  and  catalogue  the  books  which  composed 
Mr.  Cutter's  library.  They  were  in  his  office  in  an  old  brick  build- 
ing on  State  Street,  and  if  dust  and  cobwebs  may  be  taken  as 
evidence,  many  of  the  books  had  not  been  disturbed  for  thirty 
or  forty  years.  The  library  was  almost  entirely  composed  of 
legal  works,  of  no  especial  interest.  There  were,  in  addition,  a 
file  of  the  Newburyport  Herald  from  1850  to  1895,  and  a 
large  number  of  old  almanacs.  Mr.  Cutter  seems  to  have  taken 
great  pains  to  gather  almanacs,  and  his  collection  has  passed 
into  the  possession  of  the  Newburyport  Antiquarian  Society. 
Acknowledgments  are  due  that  Society  for  permission  to  make 
this  reprint  of  the  most  interesting  of  the  collection.  It  is  the  first 
complete  reprint  of "  The  Old  Librarian's  Almanack  ", —  though 
one  or  two  extracts  from  it  have  appeared  in  the  Boston  Even- 
ing Transcript. 

After  a  long  search  I  have  found  record  of  only  one  other 
copy  of  the  Almanack .  The  "  Preliminary  Check  List  of 
American  Almanacs"  compiled  by  Mr.  Hugh  Alexander  Mor- 
rison of  the  Library  of  Congress, —  probably  the  most  complete 
work  of  the  kind  in  existence,  makes  no  mention  of  it.  But  at 
the  sale  of  the  library  of  the  Hon.  John  Stephney  Wales  in  New 
York,  November  I  6,  1  896.  a  copy  was  sold  (  for  $  1 4  )  to  Dr. 
Morris  Kimball,  of  St.  Louis.  Dr.  Kimball  writes  me,  however, 
that  his  copy  is  imperfect, —  the  title-page  and  covers  are  missing. 

The  question  of  authorship  of  the  Almanack  is  the  only  other 
point  which  needs  to  be  mentioned.  The  identity  of  "  Philobib- 
los  "  appears  to  be  established  by  the  fact  that  the  copy  owned 
by  Dr.  Kimball  has  in  manuscript,  on  the  page  for  the  month  of 


295G07 


THE  OLD  LIBRARIAN'S  ALMANACK 


March,  the  words  "  writ  by  me,  Jared  Bean  ".  In  both  that  copy 
and  the  one  which  I  found  in  the  library  of  Mr.  Cutter,  the 
initials  "J.  B."  are  printed  at  the  end  of  the  poem.  They  have 
been  retained  here  out  of  respect  for  the  whim  of  the  old  libra- 
rian, who  evidently  rather  fancied  himself  as  a  versifier. 

Jared  Bean,  whose  name  today  is  so  nearly  forgotten,  is  men- 
tioned in  Sarah  Gilman  Bigelow's  "  Literary  and  Genealogical 
Annals  of  Connecticut",  (New  York,  1870).  He  was  born 
in  New  Haven  in  1  705  or  1  706.  About  1  754  he  became 
curator  or  librarian  of  the  Connecticut  Society  of  Antiquarians, 
situated  in  his  native  town.  In  this  congenial  post  he  spent,  so 
far  as  we  know,  the  remainder  of  his  life.  His  will,  to  which 
Mrs.  Bigelow  had  access,  was  proved  in  1  788,  and  that  is 
taken  as  the  approximate  date  of  his  death.  The  old  libra- 
rian never  accepted  the  results  of  the  American  Revolution, 
which  broke  out  soon  after  the  publication  of  his  Almanack, 
and  toward  his  "  Sovereign  Lord ",  King  George  III,  re- 
tained his  allegiance  to  the  end.  He  kept  the  King's  birthday 
each  year;  but  there  is  no  indication  that  he  took  any  part  in 
public  affairs,  or  devoted  himself  to  anything  but  his  beloved 
books.  He  believed  with  Sir  Thomas  Bodley,  that  a  librarian 
should  never  marry,  and  he  died  a  bachelor.  His  character  is 
so  well  displayed  in  his  Almanack  as  to  require  no  other 
description.  Whatever  we  may  think  of  his  ideas  of  librarian- 
ship,  his  right  to  his  favorite  appellation  of  "  Booklover "  is  not  to 
be  denied.  Mrs.  Bigelow  saw  his  gravestone,  in  I  869,  in  the 
old  "East  Hill  Burying  Ground  "  near  New  Haven.  She  writes 
that  the  dates  and  most  of  the  inscription  had  become  obliterated; 
but  that  the  name  "Jared  Bean,  Philobiblos  "  remained,  together 
with  the  epitaph : 

Death,  thou  hast  closed  ye  Book  of  Life 

&  set  me  free  from  earthly  strife, 

Ye  page  is  turn'd  &  I'm  at  rest 

Ye  last  word  said,  Finitum  est. 

This  bit  of  doggerel,  undoubtedly  the  work  of  some  professional 
epitaph  monger,  would  have  displeased  Jared  Bean,  though  he 


PREFACE 

might  have  taken  consolation  in  remembering  the  verse  on 
Shakespeare's  grave.  But  the  headstone,  and  even  the  burying 
ground  itself,  have  disappeared;  and  an  electric  car  line  runs 
through  the  place  where  the  old  librarian  was  buried. 

Edmund  Lester  Pearson 

Zealandia  Lodge 

Asheville.  N.  C 

May  19,  1909 


ECLIPSES. 

'  1  'HERE  will  be  but  two  Eclipses  this  Year,  b( 
and  both  invisible.  The  first  is  March  1  2th  D 

3th 

of  the  Sun, 

ay. 

at5h.  18m. 

in  the  Morning.  The  2d.  is  Sept.  5th  Day,  at  9h.  7m 

Afternoon. 

A  Catalogue  of  some  of  the  principal  fixt  Stars,  with  theii 

Magnitudes, 

Declinations,  and  such  Abbreoialions  of  their  Names  as  are  used  in  this  | 

Almanaclz. 

Names 

Ahbreoiations 

M 

Declinations 

Virgin's  Spike 

Sp.  IIP 

1 

9  54  S. 

Bull's  Eye 

B.  Eye 

1 

16  OON. 

Capella,  or  the  Goat 

Capel. 

I 

45  44N. 

Middle  Star  in  Orion's  Belt 

B.  Orion 

3 

1   23  S. 

Orion's  Right  Shoulder 

S.  Orion 

1 

7  21N. 

The  Great  Dog  Star,  or  Syrius 

Syr. 

1 

16  24  S. 

Castor 

Ca^or 

2 

32  23N. 

Procyon,  or  the  Little  Dog 

Procy. 

2 

5  49N. 

Pollux. 

Poll. 

2 

28  35N. 

Hydra's  Heart 

Hyd. 

1 

7  38  S. 

Regulus,  or  Lyon's  Heart 

Regul. 

1 

13     8N. 

The  Lower  of  the  Pointers 

L.  Point 

2 

57  42N. 

The  Upper  of  the   Pointers 

Up.  Point 

2 

63     3N. 

Deneb,  or  Lyon's  Tail 

Deneb. 

1 

15  54N. 

Ardurus 

Ard. 

1 

20  26N. 

South  Ballance 

S.  Ball. 

2 

15     2S. 

Formo^  Guard 

F.  Guard 

2 

75  ION. 

Brighter  in  the  Crown 

Crown 

2 

27  32N. 

Brighter  in  the  Serpent's  Neck 

S.  Neck 

2 

7  UN. 

Antares,  or  Scorpion's  Heart 

Ant. 

1 

25  53  S. 

Head  of  Hercules 

Here. 

3 

14  40N. 

Orphinous,  or  Serpent's  Head 

Orph. 

3 

12  45N. 

Lyrae,  or  the  Harp 

Lyrae 

1 

38  34N. 

Swan's  Bill 

S.  Bill 

3 

27  29N. 

Vulture,  or  Eagle's  Heart 

Vult. 

2 

8  15N. 

Swan's  Tail 

S.  Tail 

2 

44  26N. 

Mouth  of  Pegasus 

Pegas. 

3 

8  44N. 

Fomelhaut 

Fomel. 

1 

32  53  S. 

Cepheus's  Knee 

Ceph. 

3 

76     7N. 

Algenib  or  end  Pegasus's  wing 

Algen. 

2 

13  51N. 

Pole  Star 

P.  Star 

2 

88     IN. 

Algol,  or  Medusa's  Head 

Algol 

2 

40    ON. 

READER. 
T^HIS,  THE  First  Issue  of  The  Old  Librarian's 
1  Almanack,  is  not  Offer 'd  to  the  Public^  Notice 
without  ^Diffidence,  nor  laid  before  my  Learn  d 
Brethren  without  hesitation.  Indeed,  {as  it  is  more 
especially  addressed  to  my  Learn  d  Brethren,  the 
Librarians  or  Bibliothecaries  of  these  Colonies)  it 
now  seems  a  fitting  time  to  make,  my  humble  Apolo- 
gies for  the  Inadequacy  of  the  Work  CT"  to  ^ray 
their  Kind  Indulgence  for  many  failings. 

I  have  striven  to  set  forth  correct  astronomical  In- 
formation in  those  parts  of  the  Almanack  where  such 
matters  are  suitable.  The  other  pages  I  have  devoted 
to  advice  and  Counsel  which  I  trust  may  be  of  service 
to  Librarians  &  Lovers  of  True  Literature.  Of  the 
Compositions  in  the  Poetic  Art{  those  Wanderings  on 
the  slopes  of  'Parnassus,  if  I  may  so  phrase  it)  which 
I  have  essayed,  I  refrain  from  speaking.  In  con- 
cluding, I  trust  I  may  be  allow  'd  to  state  that  if  The 
Old  Librarian's  Almanack  prove  useful  &  pleasing 
to  its  Readers,  it  will  be  my  Privilege  to  appear 
before  you  from  year  to  year.  I  remain.  Your 
Humble,  Obedient  Servant, 
Nov.  16,  1773.]  ^iUlSilSXog 


Difference  of  High  Water,  at  several  Places  from  New  Haven. 
"THE  fifth  column  in  each  left  hand  monthly  page  shews  the  time  of  high 
water  at  New  Haven;  subtract  two  hours  and  fifty  therefrom,  gives  high 
water  at  New-York,  New-London,  Elizabeth-Town-Point,  and  Tarpaulin- 
Cove;  subtract  thirty  minutes,  gives  high  water  at  Boston;  add  two  hours  and 
thirty  minutes,  gives  high  water  at  Philadelphia;  add  three  quarters  of  an 
hour,  gives  high  water  at  Rhode-Island,  and  in  the  main  ocean. 


The  Planet  VENUS  will  be  Evening  Star  till  the  2  1  st  of 
March ;  thence  Morning  Star  till  the  year  ends. 


Of  the  four  Quarters  of  the  Year,  I  774. 

The  ®  enters  H^  March  20,  Ih.  30m.  afternoon;  then  Spring  Quarter  begins. 
The  'JlSI)  enters  bo  June  21,  Ih.  31m.  afternoon;  then  Summer  Quarter  begins. 
The  '|13)  enters  ^  September  23,  Oh.  10m.  Morning;  then  Fall  Quarter  begins. 
The  ©  enters  ]?  December  21,  3h.  54m.  afternoon;  then  Winter  Quarter 
begins. 


Month  January,  begins  on  Saturday. 


Proud  leader  of  the  Months,  whose  ancient  name 
Recalls  the  god  roho  fac'd  both  wa^s  the  same, 
When  th})  bleak  winds  roar  down  the  ic^  hills, 
And  men  for  safety  turn  to  draughts  and  pills, — 
Serenely  we  ma\)  view  thy  frosty  Lool^s 
And  seek  for  calm  security  in  Books; 
What  reck  We  then  thy  blust'ring  tempests  wild? 
Who  reads  is  from  all  miseries  heguil'd. 


La^  Quarter  5th  Day,  Oh.  4m.  Afternoon. 
New  Moon    12th  Day  5h.    16m.   Morning. 
Fir^  Quarter    1 9th  Day    1  1  h.  23m.   Morning. 
Full  Moon  27th  Day  3h.  30m.  Afternoon. 


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M.W.  Kalendar,  Weather,  &c     R^S  F.Sea  3  'spl.  R  ^S 

1  7  Circumcision,     B  Eye  so.  9h.  33in 

2  B  2d  Sunday  past  Christmas 

3  2  Pinching  cold  weather, 

4  3  or  1  wonder, 

5  4  Perhaps  a  small  snow.  ff.  QJ.    ? 
6\5  Epiphany.      B  Eye  so.  9  h.  II  m. 

7  6  Light    not    a    candle  vailhin  the 

8  7  library. 

9  B  1  st  Sunday)  after  Epiphany. 
I0;2:  D    h     ^  §   Perigee 


11  3  Capell  so.  9h.  27m  High  Tides. 

12  4    1   guess    there    will    be  a    storm    of 

13  5  snow     about    this    time,     then    clear 

14  6  Men  know  Achilles  bold[^  T?  cf  cold 

1 5  7  For  of  him  has  Homer        ff   (^      ^ 

1 6  B  2  J  Sund  p.  Epip.  (  told  D  2i  2 
I7|2  B  Eye  so.  8h.  24m.  A  #  b 

18  3  On  gallows  fifty  cubits  high 

1 9  4  Hang  the  'wretch  and  let  him  die, 

20  5  jJ  dozen  of  my  books  he  stole, 
216  May  God  have  merc\f  on  his  soul. 

22  7  The    cold    abates    a   little, 

23  B  3c/ 5un J.  p.  Epi.  then  clouds  up  for 
24 j 2  Capell  so.  8h.  31m.  ^  Apo.  snow 
25 1 3  Adversity  tends  to  make  ^{e  ©  Qj. 
26|4      men  wise. 

27  5  Warm,     pleasant     weather     for 
28|6  winter,  but    will     not     last     long. 
297  Capell.  so.  8h.  12m. 

30  B  Septuagesi    K.  CHAR.  Decol  1648 

31  2Regul    so.  I2h.  58m.  grows  cold 


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7  25  5 
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7  23  5 
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January  hath  3 1  Days.  1 774 


The  Librarian  may  be  justly  compar'd  with  him  who  keeps 
an  Armoury  of  Weapons ;  for  as  the  Keeper  doth  neither  forge 
the  implements  of  War,  nor  employ  them  on  the  field  of  Battle, 
so  neither  doth  the  Librarian  compose  the  learn'd  Works  which 
are  under  his  charge,  nor  use  their  wisdom  in  his  own  especial 
interest. 

But  like  that  other  Keeper,  it  is  his  Duty  to  see  that  his 
Armoury  (  which  is  the  Library  )  be  well  stock'd  with  the  fittest 
Weapons,  and  that  they  be  put  into  the  hands  of  such  as  can 
use  them  at  the  proper  time. 

The  Metaphor  need  not  stop  at  this,  neither,  for  even  as  the 
Weapons  of  the  Armoury  are  unfitted  for  the  hands  of  all,  so 
the  Books  (the  Weapons  over  which  the  Librarian  is  Custo- 
dian )  are  ofttimes  dangerous  &  harmful  if  they  come  to  the 
hands  of  persons  ill-fitted  to  peruse  them. 

Mr.  Pope  (  an  able  poet,  tho*  a  Papist )  warns  us  that : 
A  little  learning  is  a  dangerous  thing ! 
Drink  deep,  or  taste  not  the  Pierian  spring. 

The  wisdom  of  such  advice,  &  the  folly  of  not  observing  it 
may  be  seen  now-a-days,  when  Demagogues  and  others  of  shal- 
low intellect  seek  to  stir  up  sedition  &  revolt.  Whence  it 
appears  that  it  is  as  Gustos  Librorum  (as  the  Ancients  call'd 
him)  or  Guardian  of  the  Books,  that  the  Librarian  exercises 
his  true  function. 

I  am  sensible  that  there  will  be  some  who  will  enquire  as  to 
what  qualities  should  be  possess'd  by  him  who  stands  thus  as 
Guardian  of  the  Books.  These  may  think  ( if  perchance  the 
hasty  and  frivolous  workings  of  their  ill-taught  minds  may  be  so 
dignified  as  to  term  it  thinking)  that  it  matters  little  what  the 
character  of  the  Librarian  be. 

Such  as  these  cannot  too  soon  become  aware  of  their  error. 
For  how  can  it  be  possible  that  a  man  can  act  as  Warder  of  the 
accumulated  record  of  the  world's  wisdom,  piety,  learning,  & 
experience,  and  hold  the  same  in  necessary  reverence,  if  he  be 
not  a  person  of  sober  and  Godly  life,  learn'd,  virtuous,  chaste, 
moral,  frugal  and  temperate  ? 

This  should  be  the  character  of  the  Librarian,  and  it  is  such 
as  he  that  I  would  extol,  as  through  these  pages,  1  offer  for  your 
benefit,  the  results  of  twenty  years  of  labour  in  our  Honourable 
Profession. 


II   Month  February,  begins  on  Tuesday. 


IV hen  February's  sleets  &  fogs  abound 
And  melting  Snow  lies  trampVd  on  the  ground, 
When  all  the  way^s  are  dismal,  foul  &  drear, 
In  Book.s  behold  a  recompense  €7  cheer. 
If  pelting  rain  or  windy  tempest  rage 
Alts  fair  &  calm  upon  the  printed  Page, 
l^ho'  hoist' rous  elements  ma^  rule  the  scene, 
Look,  to  your  shelves!  there's  Peace  &  Joy  serene! 

La^  Quarter  3d  Day,  9h.  20m.  Afternoon. 
New  Moon    10th  Day  4h.    13m.  Afternoon. 
Fir^  Quarter    18th  Day  6h.  40m.   Morning. 
Full  Moon  26th  Day  5h.  37m.  Morning. 


M.IV.  Kalendar,  Weather,  &c     R^S  F.Sea  ^'splR^S 


113  A  T?    ^   cP  h    9      Days%.  56in. 


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2  4P.  V.  M.  7*sf.  Ih.  51m 

3  5  Snow    or    cold    rain    or    both, 

4  6  which,  pleasant  and  warm. 
57  7*'s  set  Ih.  39m.     f)  Perigee 

6  B  Sexagesima.       B.  Eye  sets  Ih. 

7  2Syr.  so.  9h.  lOm. 

8  3  S.  C.  Litchfield  Chilly    winds 
94jwhich    blow    up    clouds    &    a    storm 

10  5j&  1  think  a  tedious  one         Ttf  2j.    ^ 
I  I  '6  but    likely    to    be    warm  &i.  cf  %   ^ 

12  7!  pleasant  after  it.  ^    $     ^ 

13  B  Quinquagesima  7*'s  set  Ih.  8m. 

14  2  Spend    not    on     coof^s     what    might 

15  3  S.  C.  Fairfield  {buy  you  bool^s. 
\()  4  Ash  Wednesday.     Procy,  so.  9h. 

17  5  7*'sset  I2h.  52m. 

18  6  Windy  with  flurries  of  snow. 

19  7i  3     Appgee  a      d       ^  I 
20B  \st  Sunday  in  Lent.  Poll. so.  8h.  16m. i 

21  2  Days  I  Oh.  44m.  long  j 

22  3  Sup.  C.  N  Haven  Clear  &  cold,, 

23  4  good     slaying    if    there       be      snowi 

24  5  St.   Matthias.    7*'s  s.  I2h.   30m.     e 

25  6  Poll,  so,  7h.  56m.  (nough. 

26  7  Pleasant  weather  for  February. 

27  B  2J5unJa(//nLen/Hyd.H.so.l0h34m 

28  2  Cloudy  and  like  for  a  storm. 


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February  hath  28  T>ays.  1774 


You  shall  chuse  your  Books  with  Care  and  Circumspection. 
When  you  have  determin'd  that  it  is  Prudent  to  purchase  a 
certain  Work  do  so  cautiously  and  make  a  Shrewd  Bargain  with 
the  Vendor.  It  will  then  be  your  Duty  to  Peruse  the  Volume, 
even  if  (  as  doubtless  will  be  the  Fact )  you  have  scan'd  it  before 
Buying. 

Do  not  let  the  Importunities  of  Persons  who  come  to  the 
Library  hasten  you  in  the  Performance  of  this  Task.  They 
should  be  Content  to  wait  for  the  Book  until  you  have  Satisfied 
yourself  of  its  Contents. 

There  will  then  remain  the  Necessity  of  recording  its  Acqui- 
sition in  your  Ledgers  of  Record.  As  for  the  Entry  of  its  Style 
and  Title  in  the  Catalogue,  many  counsel  that  this  is  not  needful, 
since  you  may  be  expected  to  remember  that  the  Book  has  been 
Purchas'd  for  the  Library.  It  may,  however,  occupy  your  leisure 
moments.  Some  would  advise  that  if  it  be  a  Volume  of  Sermons 
it  be  placed  on  the  Shelves  with  others  of  its  like ;  or  if  it  be  a 
work  of  Natural  Philosophy  it  stand  near  the  Volumes  of  that 
class.    This  is  a  waste  of  Labour. 

Assign  it  a  Number  which  shall  correspond  to  its  Position  on 
the  Shelf,  and  shall  be  the  next  in  Sequence  from  the  latest  Book 
which  you  have  added,  and  so  let  them  stand  in  the  Order  in 
which  they  are  Receiv'd.  For,  surely,  if  you  desire  to  find  a 
number  of  volumes  of  Sermons,  it  will  be  an  easy  matter  for  you, 
recalling  when  they  were  Purchas'd,  to  pluck  them  from  their 
several  resting-places. 

Keep  your  Books  behind  stout  Gratings,  and  in  no  wise  let 
any  Person  come  at  them  to  take  them  from  the  Shelf  except 
yourself. 

Have  in  Mind  the  Counsel  of  Master  Enoch  Sneed  (that 
most  Worthy  Librarian )  who  says :  It  were  better  that  no 
Person  enter  the  Library  (  save  the  Librarian  Himself)  and  that 
the  Books  be  kept  in  Safety,  than  that  one  Book  be  lost,  or 
others  Misplac'd.  Guard  well  your  Books, — this  is  always  your 
foremost  Duty. 


Ill   Month   March  begins  on  Tuesday 


Third  of  the  train,  the  Month  of  Mars  comes  in, 
^oth  Rain  and  Snow  the  vernal  tide  begin; 
The  god  whose  son  erected  mighty  Rome 
Now  lives  in  written  sheet  kJ  printed  tome. 
The  warlike  Patron  of  these  blast' ring  weeks 
Led  once  the  Trojans  'gainst  th'  armed  Greeks, 
Jlnd  fitting  'tis  your  leisure  t' employ 
In  reading  of  the  deeds  'neath  windy  Troy. 

La^  Quarter  5th  Day  6h.    1 2m.  Morning. 
New  Moon    1 2th  Day  5h.    1 8m.   Morning. 
Fir^  Quarter  20th  Day  3h.  48m.   Morning. 
Full  Moon  27th  Day  5h.   52m.  Afternoon. 


M.W.  Kalendar,  Weather,  &c     R®S  F.Sea  ^'spl.  R^S 

T3  St.  Daoid  S.  C.  na?tfoid~cf  %   '^TzT&'T  54120     57~9~6 

2  4  Saturn  sets  9h.  46in.             ss.  Qj.    ^  6  26  6   2  40!  5TTL  7  10     6 

3  5  Regul.  so.  I  Ih.  5m.        Tides  increase  6  25  6    3  30  19      35  1  I      2 

4  6  Cloudy  &  likely  for  a  storm         3  P.  6  23  6    4  24    47fl  19  II    58 

5  7  of    rain  productive  of   freshets.              6  22  6    5  20  18         6  Morn 
b^3d  Sunday  intent.      [hours  fill           6  20  6    6  24    3QJ.  48    0    54 

7  2  With  study  then  your         cT    b     'i'  6  19  6    7  23  18       19     1     50 

8  3fiu/  not  to  read  in  vain                      6  18  6    8  21     2k';  49    2    44 

9  4  On  godless  writers  spend  no  time  6  16  6  9  28  16.  42  3  35 
10  5  Or  ignorant  remain.  6  14  6  10  13  OK  24  4  36 
I  I  6  Windy,  raw  unpleasant  ss,  cf  $6  126  11  113  45  5  40 
12  7  weather,  cloudy  and  likely  for  6  II  6  11  48  26  45  ^sets 
13B4//i5un^a\;mLen/muchrain(f.iDT?j6  10  6    0A.35    9T27,    7      4 

14  2  7*sset  llh.  24m.            a     %     ^'6    96    I  17  21      5518     9 

15  3  Sup.  C.  Windham.  6  76  2  5  4^5^  7|  9  10 
164                                                          6    66   2  53  16       5'lO     4 

17  5St.  PATRICK.  B.  E.  sets  llh.  29m.  6    46   3  39  28       7  10   58 

18  6Syr.  sets  llh.  44m.              3  Apogee  6    36    4  24    911  55' 11    44 

19  7  Cloudy    &     some    small     rain  about  6     16    5  I  I  21       42   Morn 

20  B  5th  Sund.  in  Lent,  this  time,  ss.  l2i  V  6  0  6  6  1  36o  49  0  36 
2\2cf  ®  9  then  warm  for  ss.  c^  ^j  5  59  7  6  5II5''47  I  37 
liyS.C.V^orwi.  M.C.Liich.    March  5  58  7    7  43  28       2   2   39 

23  4  With  all  your  hooks  in  order,  your  5  56  7    8  20  lOQ  30    3    37 

24  5  ease  you  may   enjoy,  &  pass  no  idle  5  55  79  7  23       174    12 

25  6  ,^oment,  Qour  lime  you  must  emplo}).  5  54  7    9  49    611P22    4    50 

26  7  Rain,  &  perhaps  Thunder    a     b    5"  5  52  7  10  34  19      42    5    25 

27  &  Sund.  before  Easter,   or  Palm  Sund.  5  517  11  17    3=^  19    ^rise 

28  2  Dirty  trav'ling  &  hollow  ground  5  49  7    OM    I   1 7      20    7      2 

29  3  Yourself  must  judge  the  books  to  buy  5  48  7  0  48  11]] 31  8  6 
iO  4  And  let  the  vulgar  rabble  cry.  5  46  7  1  39  15  55  9  12 
31  5  Fair  weather  ends  the  month.                   5  45  7     2  30    071  25  10     10 


rMarch  hath  3 1  T)ays.  1774 

ARS  BIBLIOTHECARII 

First  of  all  matters,  'tis  your  greatest  need 

To  read  unceasing  &  unceasing  read ; 

When  one  Book's  ended,  with  a  mind  unvext 

Turn  then  your  whole  Attention  to  the  Next. 

Let  naught  intrude ;  to  all  the  World  be  blind. 

And  chase  each  vain  allurement  from  your  Mind. 

Be  also  deaf:  'tis  well  to  turn  the  Lock, 

And  let  who  will  the  outer  portal  knock. 

Behold  in  Books  your  Raiment  &  your  Bread, 

So,  lacking  Books,  you're  neither  warm'd  nor  fed ; 

Chuse  then  with  care,  repudiate  the  Chaff, 

Or  see  corruption  spoil  the  better  half; 

For  one  base  volume  spreads  the  Poison  through, — 

A  single  Traitor  can  a  Host  undo. 

As  Books,  like  Men,  go  better  neatly  drest, 

Let  Paper,  Print,  &  Binding  be  the  Best. 

Your  Books  obtain'd,  behold  the  Problem  rise 

How  best  secure  them  from  unworthy  eyes ; 

Or,  graver  yet,  to  guard  lest  you're  bereft 

By  Fire,  Worms,  or  (absit  omen!)  Theft. 

Remember  this :  they're  safe  upon  the  shelf, 

When  none  has  access  thither  but  yourself. 

As  you  to  guard  them  best  are  qualifi'd. 

So  you  to  read  them,  clearly  'tis  impli'd. 

Be  vigilant  your  Treasury  to  keep, 

In  watchful  care  know  neither  rest  nor  sleep ; 

All  other  Readers  better  far  keep  out 

Than  put  the  safety  of  your  Books  in  doubt. 

And  first,  or  last,  this  Precept  ever  heed : 

To  read  unceasing,  and  unceasing  read. 

J.B. 


IV   Month  April  begins  on  Friday. 


Fair  April,  slander'd  Month,  whose  balmy  days 
Less  censure  oft  deserve,  &  more  of  praise, 
A  wayward  maiden  fain  to  weep,  or  sing, — 
The  sweet  enchantress  of  the  budding  Spring, 
'Neath  thy  soft  rule  what  book  ^o  fit  to  read 
(  When  seeding  rest  by  brool^  kJ  verdant  mead) 
As  thine,  old  Flaccus,  safe  from  War's  alarm 
And  hous'd  in  plenty  on  thy  Sabine  farm  ! 


La^  Quarter  3d  Day,  1  h.  8m  Afternoon. 
New  Moon    1 0th.  Day,  7h.  30m.  Afternoon. 
Fir^  Quarter    1 8th  Day,  8h.  1  7m.  Afternoon. 
Full  Moon  26th  Day,  4h.  22m.  Morning. 


M.W.  Kalendar,  Weather,  &c     RM  F.Sea  ^'splR^S 


1  6  Good  Friday)                        3  Perigee  5  44  7    3  30  I  StT^    3  I  I      0 

2  7Denebso.  lOh.  52tn.                          |5  43  7    4  27  29     38  11    50 

3  B  EASTER  SUNDAY  Cloudy  &  raw  5  42  7    5  28  13  T?  58  Mom. 

4  2  7*'sset  lOh.  6m.                         cold  5  40  7    6  26  28      18   0  34 

5  3  Inf.  C  M  Haven          Falling  weather  5  39  7     7  23  12-^17     1     19 

6  4^  sets  70h.  6m.                                  5387    8  1525      56    2    10 

7  5  The  books  within  the  sluggard's  house,5  36  7    9  7    9K  27    3      8 

8  6  Are  chewed  io  pieces  by  the  mouse.      5  35  7    9  54  22      20    4      6 

9  7  7*'s  set  9h.  34m.  5  34  7  10  35  4T  58  5  0 
1 0  B  b/  Sunday  p.  Easter.  Pleasant  5  32  7  1  1  24  1 7  33  ^sets 
1  1  2  showers  and  warm  cf  ®  ^  C/  2|.  ^  5  3  1  7  OA.  6  29  5!  7  Q 
\23l.CHartf.  for  the  season  cf  #  Q|.  5  30  7  0  53  11^57  7  55 
13  4  b  so.  lOh.  2m.  5  28  7  1  39  23  55  8  55 
\  A  5  Dust  your  Books  3  Apogee  5  27  7  2  25  511  48  9  50 
\5  6  And  mind  \;iour business  5  25  7  3  16  17  44  10  40 
16  7  Somewhat  cold,  clouds  ss.  Qt  9  5  24  7  4  7  29  38  11  30 
17B2c/  Sunday   past   Easter.          up  for  5  23  7    4  52  1 169  33  Morn. 

18  2Sp.  liPso.  llh.  7m.             astorm      5217    5  45  24      39;  0    18 

19  3  1nf.  CfrnVy^eW.                                  5  20  7    6  26   6^    6\  0  58 

20  4  The  candle's  flame    with   care          5  18  7    7  10  18      43     1    32 

21  5  employ  for  light ;     The   day^'s   ^our5  U  7    7  52     111^39    2    12 

22  6  time  to  read;  for  sleep,  the  night.        5167    8  37  14      512    50 

23  7  St.  Qeorge.       Drying  &  W  Winds.  5  15  7    9  20  28      24    3    34 

24  ^  3d  Sund.  p.  Easter.            (^  c?    ^  5  14  7  10  4  12^  17    3   59 

25  2  7*'sset8h.  44m.                               5  13  7  10  49  26     27    4  34 

26  3  Smoky    warm     weather    and    dry,     5  12  7  11  41  10T115I    ^rise 

27  4  but    likely    for    rain    &    thunder.  5  10  7    OM3125       29    7    52 

28  5  Full  Tides  Vho'  spiders  build  0)Pe.  5    9  7    1  28  lO^fl  13    8   56 

29  6  Syr.  s  9h.  across  the  shelf.       Jldmit  5    8  7    2  24  24      58  10     0 

30  7  no  others  hut  i/ourself. 5    6  7'   3  28    9h  34  10    57 


April  hath  3  0  T>ays  1 774 


Towards  the  Persons  who  frequent  your  Library  maintain  a 
courteous  Demeanour,  but  the  utmost  Vigilance.  For  as  it  is 
your  duty  to  guard  well  the  Books  which  are  the  Riches  of  your 
Treasury,  so  you  cannot  afford  to  relax  those  Restrictions  which 
may  save  you  from  Despoilment  and  the  most  grievous  Loss. 
The  Biblioklept  or  Thief  of  Books  is  your  eternal  Foe. 

John  Milton  truly  wrote  :  "  For  Books  are  not  absolutely  dead 
things,  but  do  contain  a  potency  of  Life  in  them  to  be  as  active 
as  that  Soul  was  whose  Progeny  they  are  ;  nay,  they  do  preserve 
as  in  a  Violl  the  purest  efficacy  and  extraction  of  that  living 
Intellect  that  bred  them  ". 

This,  then,  is  the  Value  of  a  Book  in  the  Mind  of  that  great 
Poet.  How  far  beyond  mere  Gold  or  Silver  is  the  worth  of  a 
Book,  &  how  Filthy  &  Base  the  Act  of  one  who  steals  a  Book ! 
But  there  be  sneeking  unutterable  Villains  who  will  enter  a 
Library,  and  in  their  furtive  &  Detestable  fashion  carry  from  it 
one  of  its  Treasures  ! 

And  what  Condemnation  shall  befit  the  accurst  Wretch  ( for 
he  cannot  justly  claim  the  title  of  Man  )  who  pilfers  and  purloins 
for  his  own  selfish  ends  such  a  precious  article  as  a  Book  ?  I 
am  minded  of  the  Warning  display 'd  in  the  Library  of  the  Popish 
Monastery  of  San  Pedro  at  Barcelona.  This  is  the  version 
English'd  by  Sir  Matthew  Mahan,  who  saw  it  writ  in  Latin  in 
the  Monastery,  as  he  himself  describes  in  his  learn'd  Book, 
"  Travels  in  Spanish  Countries,  1712". 

The  Warning  reads  thus :  "  For  him  that  stealeth  a  Book 
from  this  Library,  let  it  change  to  a  Serpent  in  his  hand  and 
rend  him.  Let  him  be  struck  with  Palsy,  and  all  his  Members 
blasted.  Let  him  languish  in  Pain,  crying  aloud  for  Mercy  and 
let  there  be  no  surcease  to  his  Agony  till  he  sink  to  Dissolution. 
Let  Book-worms  gnaw  his  Entrails  in  token  of  the  Worm  that 
dieth  not,  and  when  at  last  he  goeth  to  his  final  Punishment  let 
the  Flames  of  Hell  consume  him  for  ever  and  aye  ". 


V  Month   May  begins  on  Sunday. 


Noil)  May  her  mantle  spreads  oe'r  hill  &  plain. 
And  soft  warm  days  succeed  to  April's  rain. 
The  feather'd  songsters  chirp  about  the  nest. 
And  Nature  puts  forth  Beauties  never  guess' d. 
In  each  new  leaf  that  burgeons  on  the  tree 
A  page  of  Nature's  manuscript  we  see; 
IV hile  fields  &  meadows  ev'ry  day  unroll 
Like  cryptick_  Writing  on  a  Wizard's  scroll. 


La^  Quarter  2d  Day  7h.  23m.  Afternoon. 
New  Moon    10th  Day    lOh.    10m.   Morning. 
Fir^  Quarter    18th  Day  6h.    14m.  Afternoon. 
Full  Moon  25th  Day  Oh.  8m.  Afternoon. 


M.IV.  Kalendar,  Weather,  &c     RBS  F.Sea  ^'spLR^S 


1  ^AthSund.  p.  Easier.  St.  "Phil.&Jam.^b 

2  2  Cloudy  and  1  guess  rain.  !5 
33  ?    nses3h.  30m.            [  v.  c.  T?      cf!5 

4  4  Gen.  Eledl.    Newport.  PleasantlS 

5  5  Sp.  Wy  so.  lOh.  23m.  Season.  5 

6  6  IVho  stealeth  books  his  sin  is  great  4 

7  7  He  ne  'er  can  enter  Heaven 's  gate.      4 

8  B  Rog. Sunday.  A  good  season  for  4 

9  2  7*'s  s.  7h.  50m.      reading  Theocritus.  4 

10  3Showery  &  agrow    A     ®      b  4 

11  4  ing  Season.  3  Apogee.  V.  c.   I7      §  [4 

12  5  Eled.  Hartford.  Jlscen.  Day.  4 

13  6Sp.  Itl^so.  9h.  52m.  4 

14  7  Somewhat  cool  &  windy.  j4 

1 5  B  Sunday  past  Ascention.  14 

16  2  Days  I4h.  24m.  long,  4 

1 7  3  Deneb  so.  8h.  4 

18  4  Perhaps  an  N.  E.  storm  near  by.         4 
\9  5  Read  ev'ry    bool^    but    not  in   haste  4 

20  6  For  rapid  reading's  only  waste.  4 

21  7  1?    sets  Ih  56m.  ®  in  114 
iMWhitsunday.                        ss.  f)     '44 

23  2  Regul.  sets  I2h.  44m.  4 

24  3  Something   hot  &    likely  for  rain   and  4 

25  4  Gen  Elecfl.  Boston.  thunder  4 

26  5  Sp.  \W  so.  8h.  12m.  Full  Tides  3P.  4 

27  6  Ar<5l.  so.  9h.  48m.  V.  c.  T?    $  4 

28  7  Serene  and  pleasant.  4 

29  B  Trinity   Sunday     K.  CHA.  2d  resto.  4 

30  2  3    so.  3h.  29m.  Heat  4 

31  3  increases  as  the  month  ends.  4 


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27    6 

17 

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11    58 

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46  8    5 

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21      57 

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45  8    6 

36 

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Morn 

I 


May  hath  31  T>ays  1774 


Of  the  Enemies  of  Books  I  especially  esteem  the  Cockroach. 
That  worthy  Librarian,  Master  Enoch  Sneed  (for  whom  I  pro- 
fess my  reverent  Admiration  ),  would  have  it  that  the  Domestic 
Mouse,  building  her  Nest,  as  she  will,  'mid  the  Tatters  of  our 
most  precious  Volumes,  more  fairly  merits  the  name  of  Chief 
Destroyer.  But  though  it  be  true  that  the  Ravage  wrought  by 
the  Mouse  is  compleat,  yet  she  &  her  Kind  may  be  exter- 
minated, &  the  Library  rid  of  her  Presence  with  no  great  Ado. 

But  the  Cockroach,  more  elusive  in  his  Habits,  &  not  less 
insidious  in  his  Character,  spreads  destruction  wherever  his  foot- 
steps may  wander,  &  he  is  a  greater  Bother  to  remove,  in  view 
of  the  Celerity  of  his  Movements,  &  the  amazing  Fecundity 
with  which  he  reproduces  his  Kind. 

Some  may  question  if  the  Nature  of  the  Destruction  wrought 
by  this  Pestilential  Insect  be  of  serious  import,  but  I  do  earnestly 
Assure  all  such  that  1  have  witnessed  with  my  own  eyes  appall- 
ing Injuries  inflicted  on  the  most  Precious  Books  in  my  Custody, 
&  these  Injuries,  I  am  convinc'd,  were  justly  chargeable  to  this 
hardshelled  Rogue  who  Scuttles  about  the  Book  Shelves,  & 
owns  no  restraint  upon  his  ungovernable  Appetite.  For  the 
Cockroach  will  so  gnaw  &  devour  the  Bindings,  so  prey  upon  the 
leavs  of  old  Books  that  I  have  been  Moved  nearly  to  an  access 
of  Tears  when  I  have  gaz'd  upon  the  Ruin  which  he  has  left 
after  him.  With  devilish  Cunning  he  will  come  at  only  the  rare 
and  costly  Volumes,  picking  them  out,  it  would  seem,  as  by  the 
leadership  of  Satan,  &  visiting  upon  them  his  own  foul  Mutilation. 

I  have  found  the  following  Preparation  to  be  highly  service- 
able :  To  three  minims  of  distilled  Hen-Bane,  add  four  drops  of 
the  Tincture  of  Saffron.  Take  this  Mixture  &  combine  it  with 
half  a  gill  of  the  Liquor  which  comes  from  boyling  a  peck  of 
common  Tansy.  After  allowing  it  to  cool,  add  four  great 
spoonfuls  of  pure  Vinegar,  a  pinch  of  powdered  Rhubarb,  & 
the  Juce  of  a  score  of  Mulberries,  heated  well.  The  resulting 
Compound  should  be  kept  in  a  Jar,  tightly  seal'd,  &  sprinkled 
on  the  Book  Shelves,  or  wherever  the  Enemy  are  seen. 


VI   Month  June  begins  on  Wednesday 


With  June  at  last  the  longest  days  appear, 
'^he  welcome  climax  of  the  growing  year. 
When  blossoms  carpet  all  the  hills  &  fields 
And  blooming  Flora  rich  abundance  fields, 
'^ho'  Joyous  [J\£ature  calls  you  to  herself 
Enduring  jo^s  are  rang'd  upon  the  shelf; 
ylnd  T^uck  &  'P^ramus  a  vision  weave 
In  woods  near  Athens  on  ^Midsummer's  Eve. 


La^  Quarter   1^  Day  4h.  35m.  Morning. 
New  Moon  9th  Day  Oh.   57m.  Morning. 
Fir^  Quarter    1  7th  Day  2h.  1  Om.   Morning. 
Full  Moon  23d  Day  6h.   50m.  Afternoon. 


M.  W.  Kalendar,  Weather,  &c     R®S  F.Sea  ^'spl  R^S 


14 

25 
36 
47 
5B 
6:2 
7|3 
8!4 
915 
I0i6 
lll7 
I2B 
132 
143 
154 
165 
176 
187 
19B 

20  2 

21  3 
22'4 
235 
24  6 
257 

26  B 

27  2 

28  3 

29  4 

30  5 


Flying  clouds  and  some  rain,  4 
then  clears    off  hot.  ss.   9     ^4 

Regul  sets  1 5h.  4 

3  with  9  Ard.  S.  9h.  16m.  King  4 
\\stSund.  p.  'Urin.  (Geo.3d.  b.  1738  4 
Reflect  before  you  turn  the  page.  4 
T?    sets  I2h.  45m.  4 

Showers  with  heat  and  thunder.  ,4 
F.  Guard  N.  9h.  39m.  Q)  Apogeel4 
S.  Ball.  So.  9h.  25m.  14 

Sp11Vsets2h  20m.  Serene  cf  %  '^  A 
2d  Sund.  p.  'Crirt.  pleasant  weather  4 
O   18"inlt|^  4 

inf.  C.  N.  London.  Arcft.  set  3h48m  4 
'Uhe  cow  her  infant  son  would  find  4 
He's  gone  an'ai;  some  books  to  bind.  4 
Signs  of  rain  which  may  fail.  4 

3  Lat.  2"  N.  4 

3d  Sund  p.   'Urinlty  Hot  nights  4 

Stand  not  outdoors,  gaping  like  a  4 
Shinny  at  C\Cature.  She  will  take  4 
care  of  herself.  T^ead  your  books.  4 
Very  high  tides  this  full.  •  Per.  4 

St.  John  Baptist.  Thunder  &  rain  4 
Ant.  So.    lOh.    Im.  about  this  4 

4th  Sunday  past  Trinity.  time  if  4 
Q)  so.  3h.  20m.  I   mistake  not.  4 

Inf.  C.    Windham.  4 

St.  "Peter.  Lyrae  So.  1  Ih.  58m.(rain  4 
Cloudy     and    signs    of     a    settled        4 


34  8    5 

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11  14 
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0    16 

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3  30 
•  rise 
8     7 


10  20 

11  4 
II  44 
Morn 


i 


June  hath30T>ays  1774 


So  far  as  your  Authority  will  permit  of  it,  exercise  great 
Discrimination  as  to  which  Persons  shall  be  admitted  to  the  use 
of  the  Library.  For  the  Treasure  House  of  Literature  is  no 
more  to  be  thrown  open  to  the  ravages  of  the  unreasoning  Mob, 
than  is  a  fair  Garden  to  be  laid  unprotected  at  the  Mercy  of  a 
Swarm  of  Beasts. 

Question  each  Applicant  closely.  See  that  he  be  a  Person 
of  good  Reputation,  scholarly  Habits,  sober  and  courteous 
Demeanour.  Any  mere  Trifler,  a  Person  that  would  Dally 
with  Books,  or  seek  in  them  shallow  Amusement,  may  be  Dis- 
miss'd  without  delay. 

No  Person  younger  than  20  years  (  save  if  he  be  a  Student, 
of  more  than  1  8  years,  and  vouched  by  his  Tutor )  is  on  any 
pretext  to  enter  the  Library.  Be  suspicious  of  Women.  They 
are  given  to  the  Reading  of  frivolous  Romances,  and  at  all  events, 
their  presence  in  a  Library  adds  little  to  ( if  it  does  not,  indeed, 
detract  from)  that  aspect  of  Gravity,  Seriousness  and  Learning 
which  is  its  greatest  Glory.  You  will  make  no  error  in  excluding 
them  altogether,  even  though  by  that  Act  it  befall  that  you 
should  prohibit  from  entering  some  one  of  those  Excellent 
Females  who  are  distinguished  by  their  Wit  and  Learning. 
There  is  little  Chance  that  You  or  I,  Sir,  will  ever  see  such  an 
One. 

Let  no  Politician  be  in  your  Library,  nor  no  man  who  Talks 
overmuch.  It  will  be  difficult  for  him  to  observe  Silence,  and  he 
is  objectionable  otherwise,  as  well.  No  Astrologer,  Necroman- 
cer, Charlatan,  Quack,  nor  Humbug ;  no  Vendor  of  Nostrums, 
nor  Teacher  of  false  Knowledge,  no  fanatick  Preacher  nor 
Refugee.  Admit  no  one  of  loose  or  evil  Life ;  prohibit  the 
Gamester,  the  Gypsey,  the  Vagrant.  Allow  none  who  suffers 
from  an  infectious  Disease ;  and  none  whose  Apparel  is  so 
Gaudy  or  Eccentrick  as  to  attract  the  Eye.  Keep  out  the 
Light-witted,  the  Shallow,  the  Base  and  Obscene.  See  to  it 
that  none  enter  who  are  Senile,  and  none  who  are  immature  in 
their  Minds,  even  tho'  they  have  reach'd  the  requir'd  Age. 


VII   Month  July  begins  on  Friday 


As  mighty  Caesar  like  the  burning  Sun 

Flam' d  o'er  the  nations  where  his  course  Was  run. 

So  thou,  his  namesake,  in  th'  effulgent  sky 

Art  conqueror,  imperial  July  ! 

The  World  without  is  hot,  thy  fi'ry  breath 

Consumes  the  tender  plants  in  early  death. 

The  wise  will  shun  the  overheated  air, 

In  shady  alcoves  find  seclusion  fair. 


New  Moon  8th  Day  3h.  57m.  Afternoon. 
Fir^  Quarter    1 6th  Day    1  1  h.  32m.   Forenoon. 
Full  Moon  23cl  Day    I  h.   54m.   Morning. 
La^  Quarter  30th  Day  3h.  27m.  Morning. 


M.W.  Kalendar,  Weather.  &c     RWS  F.Sea  ^'spl.  R^S 


1  6  Cool  enough  in  the  library. 

27  V.B.W.  Mary  ^  .®  Oi  *    ?      , 

3  B  5//.  Sund.  p.  'Urinity.     Q  16  in  111^ 

4  2  Ardt.  sets  2h.     26ni.  3  with   $ 

5  3  Let     no     politician       in        the       li 

6  4  brary,       he  'II      seek      old     schemes 

7  5  Cloudy  and  •  Apogee.  to  fool 

8  6  signs  of  rain  new  people 

9  7  3    Lat.  4U.  South. 

10  B  6tb  Sunday  past  Trinity,    r^  rises  2h 

1 1  2  Ant.  So.  8h.  49m.  ss.     %  cj" 

12  3Be//er  the  library  be  clos'd 
\3  4,Than  to  the  ignorant  expos' d 

145t 

1516  Here.  So.  9h.  25m.  ^  #    T? 

1 6  7  Hot       weather       and       thunder       in 
I  7  B  7th  Sunday  past  Trinity 

18  2Sp.     lll'sets  I  Oh.  50m. 

19  3Lyr.  So.  lOh.  34m. 

20  4  Commencement  Cambridge. 
21151$  rises  I  h  55m.  c/  d"  ? 
22;6|Very     hot      with      sharp 

23  7  rain,     wind      and      hail,  then      more 

24  B  &th  Sunday  past  'trinity.  cool 

25  2  Sp.  ItF  sets  lOh.  20m.     Dog  Days  b. 

26  3m      I7      9       You  have  conquer'd  in 

27  4  Q      T?      (J'     the    race,    when  ev'ry 

28  5  volume 's  in  its  place. 

29  6  Swelhng    white    clouds    &     many 

30  7  small      showers      and      lightning 

3  1  B  9th  Sunday  past  'trinity.         evening 


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20     46 

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4  508 

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2  16 

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8  16 

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10  56 

11  20 
11  50 
Morn. 


July  hath  3 1  T)ays.  1774 


About  this  Time  prepare  for  the  Annual  Examination.  Close 
your  Library  not  later  than  August  1 ,  having  given  due  Notice 
that  all  Books  must  be  returned  under  Pain  of  Expulsion.  See 
that  every  Book  the  Library  owns  is  in  its  proper  place  on  the 
Shelf  by  the  first  Day  of  the  Month.  It  will  perchance  be  neces- 
sary for  you  to  seek  some  of  them  Yourself,  taking  care,  at  the 
same  time,  to  administer  a  Reproof  to  the  delinquent  Ones. 

Covers  should  be  examined,  and  all  those  worn  and  tattered 
should  be  replaced.  Never  let  a  Book  leave  the  Library  without  a 
stout  paper  Cover  to  protect  it  against  the  Abuses  of  the  careless. 

Paste  is  to  be  preferred  to  Glue  in  affixing  these.  To  one 
cupful  of  Flour  add  nine  spoonfuls  of  Water,  and  a  little  Vinegar. 
A  half-ounce  of  Oil  of  Spearmint  will  be  found  an  admirable 
Preservative. 

Look  to  it  that  each  Book  is  numbered  in  accordance  with 
its  corresponding  place  on  the  shelf.  During  the  six  Weeks  that 
the  Library  remains  closed  to  all  but  Yourself  there  is  an  excel- 
lent Opportunity  to  compile  your  Catalogue. 

Examine  your  Books  with  great  care  to  see  that  none  have 
crept  in  which  have  an  immoral  or  debasing  Character,  or  which 
contain  Pernicious  and  unsound  Theology.  A  few  Books  of 
Moral  tendency  may  be  included  for  the  Young.  Their  Elders 
will  choose  these,  for  surely  children  are  not  to  be  permitted  in 
the  Library  themselves,  to  the  disturbance  of  all  others. 

Cast  out  and  destroy  any  Book  which  is  merely  frivolous  and 
empty  of  all  serious  meaning,  for  the  true  object  of  Literature  is 
to  instil  Wisdom  and  to  lead  to  Habits  of  grave  Meditation, 
and  there  always  are  those  whose  vapid  Minds  will  feed,  if  it  be 
allowed,  on  nothing  but  that  which  amuses  for  the  Moment. 
Such  must  not  be  abetted. 

Make  the  most  of  every  Moment  during  the  period  of  the 
Annual  Examination,  for  you  can  then  be  assured  that  the  Books 
are  safe  and  well  cared  for,  rather  than  spread  abroad  and 
distributed  Hither  and  Thither. 


Vlli   Month  August  begins  on  Monday. 


Comes  now  great  A  ugust  &  the  Dog  Star  burns, 
From  sultry  heat  without  the  Scholar  turns 
To  where  his  Bool^s  in  well-appointed  roWs 
Assure  true  Solace,  &  the  Mind's  repose. 
Scan  Well  your  booths  &  heed  the  warning  Glass 
That  marl^s  the  flying  hours  as  they  pass, 
Let  no  intruder  interrupt  your  Toil, 
And  no  base  volume  your  collection  spoil. 


New  Moon   7th  Day,  7h.  5m.  Morning. 
Fir^  Quarter    1  4th  Day,  6h.  Om.   Afternoon. 
Full  Moon  21^  Day,  9h.  57m.  Morning. 
La^  Quarter  28th  Day,  7h.  4m.  Afternoon. 


M.IV.  Kalendar,  Weather,  &c     RBS  F.Sea  ^'spl.  R^S 


1  2  Lammas  Day. 

2  3  7*snse  I  Ih.  15m 

3  4  Foggy  mornings    and    hot 

4  5Sp     UVsets%.  38m. 

5  6S.  Bill  So.  lOh.  24m. 

6  7  Hot  weather  day  &  night 

7  B  \Oth  Sunday  past  Trinity. 


Something  dry  4  54  8 

4  55  81 

days.  4  56  8 

•  Apogee  4  57  8 

4  58  8 

D  D  21^4  59  8 
Sharp  4    0  8 


10,  5H49| 

017      47 

51  29     40 


8  2  thunder  and  but  Httle  rain.  5     17 

9  3  The  agile  hookworm  eats,  conceal' db  2  7 
10  4/rom  sight.  Also  the  prowling  mouse  b  3  7 
I  1  5  abhors  the  light.  But  be  as-  i^(^'  ^  ,5    4  7 

12  6.sur'J  that  T*hilobiblos    l^nows,     The  5 

13  7  Cloudy       and      perhaps      rain,      hel'5 

14  B  1  l//i     Sunday    past    Trinity.         lish  5 

1 5  2  Coc^roar/i    is     the    chief    of   foes.    5 


9 

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16  3  S.  C.Litchfield. 

1  7  4  Likely  for  plenly  of  rain     ss 

18  5  about    this    time.       ss®    h 

19  6Vult.    So.    9h.   45m.    (lOh 

20  7  Syr.    rises    3h.    35m. 

21  B  \2th  Sunday  past   Trinity. 

22  2  and  signs    of     rain,    th 

23  3  S.  C.  Fairfield. 


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Cloudy  5  15  7  11 

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24  4  Let    no    intruders     put     your    ease  5  18  7  2 

25  5  m    doubt.     Lock   fast    the    door    (9  5  20  7  2 

26  b  keep  the  rascals  out.                              5  21  7  3 

27  7  Cloudy      and      likely     for      an    eas-  5  22  7  4 
28B13//.    Sunday    past     Trinity.       terly  5  24  7  5 

29  2                         storm.                            5  26  7  6 

30  3  S.  C.  A^.  Haven.    7*s  rise    9h.  33m.  5  28  7  6 

31  4  Serene  and  clear.                                       5  30  7  7 


II 69  29 

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ylugust  hath  3 1  T>ays.  1774 


Your  Library  is  now  closed,  and  so  it  will  remain  for  six 
Weeks,  or  perchance,  two  Months.  These  be  Halcyon  Days. 
The  Annoyances  to  which  you  are  subjected  throughout  all  the 
Year  vanish  away,  and  there  is  naught  to  Disturb  you. 

Master  Enoch  Sneed  ( for  whom  I  am  ever  ready  to  Testify 
my  Reverence  )  has  written  :  I  am  so  be-pestered  and  bothered 
by  persons  insinuating  themselves  into  the  Library  to  get  Books 
that  frequently  I  am  near  to  my  Wit's  end.  There  have  been 
days  when  I  was  scarce  able  to  read  for  two  Hours  consecutive 
without  some  Donkey  breaking  in  upon  my  Peace.  Only  the 
thought  of  the  Annual  Examination  sustains  me.  Then,  forsooth, 
I  can  defy  them  all  and  read  in  some  Security. 

The  necessary  Tasks  of  the  Examination  (which  I  described 
last  month  )  are  easily  performed  in  a  Week,  or  less.  Indeed,  if 
you  omit  the  preparation  of  the  Catalogue  (  and  worthy  Master 
Enoch  Sneed  deems  it  better  not  to  compile  a  Catalogue,  both  as 
an  unavailing  Bother  and  moreover  as  the  absence  of  it  makes 
you  more  Secure  m  your  Office  )  then,  in  this  case,  you  have  a 
goodly  season  for  the  Relishment  of  your  Books. 

How  agreeable,  on  these  sultry  Days,  is  the  Library !  The 
rays  of  the  Sun,  which  descend  so  fierce  outdoors,  are  tempered 
inside  its  walls,  and  your  Footsteps,  as  you  walk  hither  and  yon 
among  the  Alcoves,  echo  loudly.  A  lonely  Sound,  say  you? 
Not  so,  the  Lover  of  Books  is  not  affected  by  Loneliness  when 
he  is  encompassed  by  his  Friends.  On  every  Shelf  they  stand, 
none  missing  ( I  hope  truly  )  and  all  at  your  service. 

Parents  of  Children  are  said  to  be  more  delighted  in  their 
possession  when  the  offspring  are  safe  in  their  Beds,  than  at  any 
other  time.  Tho'  I  trust  I  may  be  pardoned  for  making  a  seem- 
ing Comparison  between  Books  and  such  a  subject  as  Children, 
yet  it  may  be  said  that  it  is  true  of  the  Librarian  that  he  is  most 
content  when  all  his  Books  are  in  the  Library  under  his  protection. 
For  he  can  be  no  lover  of  books  if  he  be  at  ease  when  his  books 
are  absent  from  the  Library. 


IX  Month  September  begins  on  Thursday. 


September,  seventh  Month,  in  ancient  phrase, 
And  now  the  ninth  as  we  compute  the  days; 
Abundant  harvests  bring  the  Farmer  jo;^. 
And  School's  grim  tasl^s  recall  the  idle  Boy. 
'Mid  cooler  days  &  early  setting  Sun 
We  see  th'  autumnal  Equinox  begun. 
Upon  the  hearth  a  cheerful  blaze  delights 
And  Malleor  tells  of  Arthur  &  his  Knights. 


New  Moon  5th.  Day,  9h.  7m.  Afternoon. 
Fir^  Quarter    1 3th.  Day,  Oh.  30m.   Morning. 
Full  Moon  20th.  Day,  8h.  8m.  Afternoon. 
La^  Quarter    1  7th.  Day,  1  h.  50m.  Afternoon. 


M.IV.  Kalendar,  Weather,  &c     RM  F.Sea  ^'spLR^S 


1  5  Pleasant  weather    ^  %  (^  •  Apo5  31  7    8     28  1969  50 

2  6  7*srise%.  22m.  5  32  7    9     II     iq49 

3  73  with    9    Ara.    sets  lOh.    40m.  5  33  7   9    56  13"    47 

4  B  l4//i  Sunday  p.  Trin.   Perhaps  a  cold  5  34  7  10     39    6         1 

5  2  storm    with    high       Dog    Days     enJ5  35  7II       17    81T]'22 

6  3S.C. //or// E.  winds   then    ss  I?    $  5  36  7  1 1      57  20      55 

7  4  clear    with    westerly    winds    ss  f)  $5387    0A.37    3=^5.52 
S  5  In    an\)    land     where    I    am     k'ng  5  39  7 
9  6  IVho  steals  a  book  ^os  got  to  swing.  5  40  7 

10  7  7*s  rise  8h.  53m.  9  rises  3h.  5  42  7 

1  1  B  15//i  Sunday  past   Trinity.       (  18m.  5  43  7 

1 2  2  Brisk     S.      wind     with       plenty    of  5  45  7 

1 3  3  rain,  or    i    mistake.  •  Perigee.  5  46  7 

14  4  Commencement  ^A^eiD  Haven.  5  48  7 

15  5  And  he  who  marks  or  tears  the  leaves  5  49  7 

16  6.^   wholesome  flogging  he  receives.     5  50  7 

1 7  7  Pegas.  S.  9h  52m.  5  51  7 

18  B  I6//1  Sundav  past  Trinity.  5  52  7 

19  2  Cloudy     dark     air       followed     with  5  54  7 

20  3  SC.iVindham.   high    wind  ^  ®  J  5  56  7 

21  4  thunder    and     it    may    hail     &     rain.  5  58  7 

22  5  King     George    3d.     crown'd     1761.5597 

23  6  Cool    nights,    likely    for    frost.  6    0  6 

24  7  Ar<fl.  sets  9h    16m.  6 


25  B  1 7th   Sund.    past  Trin.   High   winds  6 

26  2  and  likely  for  rain.  O^  ®    ^  6 

27  3  S.C.N  London.     Inf.  C.  Litchfield.  6 

28  4  B.  E.  rises  9h.  7m.  •  Apogee.  6 

29  5  St.  Michael.  6 

30  6  Clear  weather  ends  the  month.  6  1 


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September  hath  30  T)ays  1774 


Matrimony,  so  maintain'd  worthy  Master  Peleg  Gudger,  is  no 
fit  Diversion  for  the  Librarian,  and  in  truth,  I  commend  his  Wis- 
dom in  the  Matter.  The  dissipations  of  Time,  the  vain  Empti- 
nesses of  Amusement,  the  general  be-pesterment  that  follows 
embarkation  on  this  doubtful  Sea  (  doubtful,  if  not  in  fact,  Peri- 
lous) all  these  concomitants  of  the  Married  State  so  conspire 
and  agree  to  harass  the  Librarian  and  woo  him  from  his  legiti- 
mate tasks  as  to  behoove  him  to  take  a  great  Oath  never  to  allow 
himself  to  be  entrapped.  Tis  the  only  safe  course.  Otherwise 
will  he  find  himself  badger'd  when  he  desires  to  read  in  Peace; 
led  forth  to  Domestic  Duties  when  he  should  be  marshalling  his 
Books ;  and  at  all  times  Distract'd  &  Annoy'd,  to  the  detriment 
of  his  Profession. 

It  is  true,  there  be  some  who  hold  to  the  Contrary.  Dr.  Simon 
Bagley  writes :  I  have  not  found  Wives  to  be  altogether  a  too 
heavy  Encumbrance.  They  can  dust  Books,  and  at  times,  they 
may  be  trusted  to  arrange  the  volumes  properly  in  their  places. 
Beyond  this,  it  would  perchance,  be  rash  to  go  with  them.  I  am 
far  from  advising  Librarians  to  marry  without  weighing  the 
Question  soberly,  and  considering  it  discreetly,  but  this  I  do  affirm  : 
that  a  Wife  may  be  train'd  to  partake  in  a  Librarian's  labours 
in  such  a  way  as  not  altogether  to  act  as  a  Millstone  about  his 
Neck.  It  is  scarce  necessary  to  comment  on  Dr.  Bagley's  words. 
Truly  he  impeaches  his  own  Contention,  by  the  apologetick 
fashion  of  his  phrases.  Most  willingly  do  I  mention  the  Opinion 
of  that  diligent  Librarian,  Master  Enoch  Sneed,  with  whom  on 
this  (  as  on  every  point  in  our  Profession  )  I  am  rejoiced  to  own 
myself  at  one.  Steer  a  straight  course,  he  says,  away  from 
feminine  Blandishments.  These  Females  are  as  Leeches  or 
Bloodsuckers,  hardly  to  be  torn  off.  They  would  make  you  take 
your  Victuals  at  certain  fix'd  seasons  to  conform  to  their  rules  of 
Housekeeping,  regarding  not  that  you  may  wish  to  read  at  those 
Hours ;  while  again  they  will  Babble  &  Complain  should  it  chance 
that  after  a  hard  night's  reading  you  ask  that  a  hot  Supper  be 
served  at  Daybreak.  Shun  them  as  you  would  the  Devil. 


X  Month  October  begins  on  Saturday. 


October  spreads  his  scarlet  Banner  free 

And  hoists  his  Ensign  on  the  d^ing  tree. 

As  some  vast  giant  striding  o'er  the  earth 

With  ruddy  cheeks  &  countenance  of  mirth, 

Tho'  ruin  follows  ever  in  his  track 

Till  Frost's  chill  finger  turns  the  herbage  black, — 

Yet  cheerful  be,  and  let  the  glass  go  round. 

In  Wine  &  some  good  book  ^our  pleasure's  found. 

New  Moon  5th.  Day,  lOh.  20m.   Morning. 
Fir^  Quarter    I  2th.  Day,  6h.  6m.   Morning. 
Full  Moon    1 9th.  Day,  8h.  48m.   Morning. 
La^  Quarter  27th.  Day,  lOh.  17m.   Morning. 


M.IV.  Kalendar,  Weather,  &c     R9S  F.Sea  ^'spl.  R^S 


I  7  Ardt.  sets  8h.   50m.  7*s  rise  7h.  35m 
2B  \6th  Sunday  past  Trinity.  Warm 

3  2  smoky  weather. 

4  3  7*s  so.   2h.   50m. 

5  4  Cloudy  and    signs    of     rain  if  I   mis- 
6l5  take  not.  9    rises  4h.  16m. 

7  6  B.  E.  so.  3h.  30m.  Captain 

8  7  KiJd  has    passed    away;,     ^ut    pub 

9  B  19//?  Sund.    past    Trinity       {Ushers 


remain  today. 
•  Perigee. 

learned' 


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to 


10  2jFomel.  so.  9h.  41m. 

11  3jcr  rises    12h.    38m. 

12  4|Cloudy    dull    weather, 

13  5 1  Gen.  C.  New  Haven 
]4'6Lend    not    })Our    bool^s 
15j7|men,    //    you     would     see 
16B20//?    Sund.    past    Trinity. 

17  2  3  so.    lOh.  44m. 

1 8  3  Warm    weather    for     a    day 
19[4then    blows    up     cold     from 

20  5  What  books  are  pure.     What  books 

21  6  are    sound.    These   books    for    sure 

22  7  You   ^eep    around. 

23  B'21s/  Sunday  past  Trinity,  v.  c. 

24  2  Ceph.  north    9h.    24m.  • 


your 
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or    two 
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25  3  K.  Geo.    3d.    began    to    reign 

26  4  B.  so.  2h.  22m.  ss.  ® 

27  5jCloudy    and    it    may    be    rain. 

28  6\Here's    ^M^aster    Tiuodecimo 

29  7j7o  whom  a    mighty    debt    I   owe 
30|B  22J   Sunday    past    Trinity. 

31  2|The    month    ends   pleasant. 


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October  hath  3 1  "Days.  1 774 


Master  Caleb  Pingree's  Book  tells  of  Dr.  Matthew  Gully 
who  set  out  one  Day  to  dust  the  Books  in  his  Library.  But  the 
first  Volume  which  he  plucked  from  the  shelf  was  the  works  of 
Herodotus,  which  he  had  long  desir'd  to  read  yet  again,  and  at 
leisure,  and  so  enthrall'd  did  the  worthy  Dr.  Gully  become  in 
the  writings  of  the  Greek  historian,  that  starting  in  to  peruse  the 
Book,  he  set  it  not  down  till  he  had  read  it  from  Beginning  to  End. 

Thus  it  happen'd  with  the  next  Book,  and  the  next,  the 
excellent  Doctor  standing  before  his  Book  Shelves,  holding  in 
one  hand  the  Cloth,  wherewith  he  had  purpos'd  to  wipe  off  the 
Dust  from  the  Books,  and  in  the  other  the  Volume  which  he 
could  not  lay  aside  until  he  had  read  it. 

So  he  abode  standing,  and  return'd  each  Day  to  his  task,  yet 
each  Day  reading  more  of  the  Books,  till  at  last  full  eighteen 
Months  had  pass'd,  and  Dr.  Gully  had  read  every  book  in  the 
Library.  But  at  that  time  the  Dust  lay  as  thick  on  the  Books 
whereat  he  had  commenc'd,  as  ever  it  had  been  in  the 
Beginning. 

Also  there  is  related  an  Incident  concerning  Master  Timothy 
Mason,  the  same  who  had  his  Bed  fitted  up  in  the  Library,  that 
he  might  sleep  near  his  Books  and  thereby  not  suffer  Annoy- 
ance when  he  should  be  wakeful  at  Night,  and  find  not  the 
Books  at  hand. 

Master  Timothy,  being  in  Charge  of  a  Publick  Library,  was 
one  day  reading  diligently  when  a  Member  of  the  Library 
entered,  and  presenting  his  Subscription  Ticket  begged  the 
Librarian  to  fetch  him  a  certain  Book.  Master  Timothy  being 
incens'd  at  this  Interruption  of  his  Reading,  and  Chancing  at  that 
Moment  to  see  the  Constable  passing  the  Library,  did  put  out 
his  Head  from  the  Window  and  Bawl  loudly  for  the  Constable 
to  come  in. 

When  the  latter  had  enter'd  he  gave  the  Member  into 
custody  of  the  Officer,  prefening  against  him  a  charge  of  Dis- 
turbance of  the  Peace. 


XI   Month  November  begins  on  Tuesday. 


November's  earl^  days,  tho'  still  &  mild, 
'Presage  black,  winter  and  his  Tempests  wild. 
'Prepare  for  cold  &  hug  the  chimney  nooJ^s, 
Nor  fail  to  ma/^e  provision  for  your  bool^s, 
The  broken  window  or  the  roof  that  leal^s 
May  ruin  all  \)our  bool^s  these  storm})  weel^s; 
And  when  all's  safe  from  driving  snow  or  rain, 
Then  sit  })ou  down  &  think,  ^''^  ^'^^  ^Contaigne! 


New  Moon  3d  Day,  9h.  47m.  Afternoon. 
Fir^  Quarter    1 0th  Day,  2h.  7m.  Afternoon. 
Full  Moon    18th  Day,  Oh.   57m.   Morning. 
La^  Quarter  26th  Day,  6h.  Om.  Morning. 


M.  W.  Kalendar,  Weather,  &c     RMS  F.Sea  ^'spl.  R^S 


1  3  All  Saints.  Inf.  C.  Hartford     6  52  6 

2  4  FeJling     weather,      &     I     guess     you  6  53  6 

3  5  will  see  some    flaker  of    snow.  6  54  6 

4  6  7*s   so.    I2h.   53m.     P.   star    north  6  55  6 

5  7  Gun    Powder    Plot.  (I Oh.    5m.  6  57  6 

6  B  23c/     Sunday    past    Trinity.  6  58  6 

7  2  -f  h  ¥  Syr.  so.    3h.  45m.       •  Per.  6  59  6 


9    31 

10  15 

11  2 
II     52 

0A.43 


8  3  Inf.    C.    New    Haven. 

9  4  Cloudy    weather    and     signs     of 

10  5  storm,    which    may   come  to-day. 

1 1  6[P.  Star  no.  9h.  37m. 

12  7[ss    T?     $    Wmdy  &  cold  I  guess. 

13  B  24</i  Sunday  past  Trinity. 

14  2  Syr.    rises    I  Oh.    15m. 


7   05 

7    15 

7   3  5 

7   45 

7   65  7  21 

7    75  8  11 

7   85  8  57 

C.Fairfield.               White    frosty  7    95  9  44 

nights.                                       7  10  5  10  31 

(blame   me.  7  11  5  II  19 

there      is    a    storm      now     don't  7  12  5  0  M  5 

19  7  B.  E.  so.  12h.  47m.  7*sso.  11.52m.  7  13  5  0  53 

IQ^lbth  Sunday   past    Trinity.                  7  14  5  1  40 

212Qi    so.     lOh.    36m.    ©Apo.    (year  7  15  5  2  30 

22  3 i Pleasant     weather     for    the    time    of  7  16  5  3  14 

23\A\When  friends   betray    &  politicians?  17  5}   3  58 

24  5  plot.     Turn   to    y^our    books   &  mind!  18  5  4  40 

25  6  7*s  so.  1  Ih.  37m.         the  rascals  not.  7  18  5  5  24 

26  7  Look    out    for    a    storm    of    snow.       7  19  5  6  2 
21  ^Advent    Sunday,   [high,]    ss.   $     §7205 

28  2  Books  below  &  books  on    ^'f  f)    ^  7  20  5 

29  3/7/    read    'em    all   before   I  die.       7  215 

30  4  Cold  weather  ends  the  month.                7  22  5  8  50 


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6  24 

7  14 

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8  55 

9  58 
11  0 
II  58 
Morn. 

1  0 

2  2 

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4  4 


November  hath  30  T)ays.  1774 


The  admirable  Timothy  Mason  (of  whom  we  read  last 
Month  )  was  wont  to  Walk  with  a  Book  held  before  his  Nose, 
reading  as  he  pass'd  along  the  Street.  He  looked  neither  up 
nor  down  as  he  Walk'd,  but  fixt  his  Attention  upon  the  Page 
before  him,  being  somewhat  short  of  Vision,  tho'  wearing  power- 
ful Lenses  in  his  Spectacles.  It  was  his  Custom  to  leave  the 
Library  when  it  lack'd  a  few  Minutes  of  6  o'clock  in  the  Eve- 
ning, he  had  found  that  his  walk  brought  him  to  his  Dwelling 
at  the  Moment  that  the  Town  Clock  struck  the  Hour. 

One  Evening,  in  Midsummer,  the  worthy  Librarian  set  out 
for  his  Home,  holding  before  him  &  reading  with  Earnestness 
the  Ecclesiastical  Polity  of  the  learn'd  Hooker.  Now,  it  chanc'd 
that  the  Town  Clock  had  become  damag'd,  the  Librarian, 
hearing  not  the  customary  Ringing,  strode  past  his  Door  (  despite 
the  loud  cries  of  his  Housekeeper  ),  continu'd  down  the  Street, 
never  for  an  instant  relaxing  his  Zeal  for  Reading.  At  7  o'clock 
the  Excellent  man  was  still  walking  in  the  direction  of  the  neigh- 
boring Town,  and  only  at  a  quarter  after  8,  when  the  failing 
Light  caus'd  him  to  glance  up,  did  he  perceive  that  he  had 
travell'd  over  6  miles  &  arriv'd  in  the  Market  place  of  the  next 
Town,  having  perus'd  the  greater  part  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Polity 
on  the  journey. 

The  Librarian  was  sore  perplex'd,  for  at  first  he  failed  to 
recognize  his  surroundings,  &  he  was  unable  to  account  for  the 
hooting  Rabble  that  dogg'd  his  Footsteps,  in  the  Custom  of  ?uch 
Vulgar  Persons  when  they  discover  a  Stranger  of  unusufil 
Aspect.  He  was  also  at  a  loss  to  understand  how  his  Shoes  & 
Hose  had  become  so  be-fouled  &  be-mired,  for  he  was  unaware 
that  he  had  crossed  divers  Brooks,  &  forded  sundry  Water 
courses  during  his  journey.  It  might  have  fared  ill  with  Master 
Timothy,  had  not  Master  Caleb  Perkins,  a  Brother  Librarian, 
chanc'd  to  encounter  him  at  that  Moment.  Through  the  good 
offices  of  this  Friend,  Master  Timothy  was  provided  with  com 
fortable  Lodgings  for  the  Night  &  on  the  Morrow  suitably 
convey 'd  to  his  own  Home. 


XII   Month  December  begins  on  Thursday 


December  ends  the  train ;  his  whirling  Snoivs 
Bring  now  the  yearly  pageant  to  a  close. 
The  fields  are  white  &  leafless  are  the  trees. 
While  Frost  commands  the  ponds  &  rivers  freeze. 
As  Book,s  you  read  when  first  the  Year  begun, 
So  now  read  Bool^s  when  all  the  year  is  done  ; 
And  not  in  IV inter.  Summer,  Spring,  nor  Fall, 
Neglect  to  read  the  greatest  Book  of  all ! 


New  Moon  3cl  Day,  9h.  27m.   Morning. 
Fir^  Quarter    1 0th  Day,  Oh.  1 3m.  Afternoon. 
Full  Moon    1  7th  Day,  6h.  50m.  Morning. 
La^  Quarter  25th  Day,  1  1  h.  52m.  Night 


M.W,  Kalendar,  Weather,  &c     RBS  F.Sea  ^'spl.  R^S 


5%  South  %.  51m. 

6  Cloudy     and     you     may     expedl     a 

7  storm    of    rain    or    snow    or    both. 
B  2d  Sund.    in    Jidvent.      High    tides. 
2  Syr.  rises  8h.  40ra.  •  Perigee. 

3JV.C.  I?  tii  D  T?  (^  A  d"  ?•*  T? 

Ai'  Astrologer  what  dost     (  9  ss.  T?    <^ 

5  thou     think     such    a     string     of    As 

6  pedis     will     produce  ?      I    think     I'll 

7  guess   an   abundance   of   rain.     B.   E. 
B  3c/  S.  m  Ado.    (so.  1  Ih.  12v.c.'4  ^ 
2  In  bucfiram  suits  did  Falstaff's  men  '. 
3\A    might})     val'rous     battle     wage; 
4\&   the'     return'd     to      ait      again 
5\ Behold     'em    on    the   printed  page. 
6iCold    blustering   weather  with  flurries 
7  of  snow. 
B'4//i  Sunday  in  Advent. 
2J7*s    so.  9h.  38m.  •  Apogee. 
3lAr<5t.  rises    Ih.  Om.          (so.  ^f  I?  ^  : 
4(^  rises    lOh.    22m.       ^  lat.    2^   20 

5  Cold  weather  in  excess 

6  Or  J.  B.  will  lose  his  guess. 
7B.  Eye  so.  iOh.  11m. 
B  Christmas.  A  bowl  of  punch 
2;St.  Step.  (  A  book  of  song.  Let  Chri  s- 
3\St.  John  Even  (mas  last  Q  cf  ^ 
^[Innocents  (  The  whole  wee/(  long 
5  Syr  so.  12h.  \m.  Adieu  !  Farewell  !  I 
(,\ whatever  books  v;e  lack  Poss  not  the 
"jlyear   without  my   yJlmanack ! 


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December  hath  3  J  T)ays.  1 774 


There  is  none  so  Felicitous  as  the  Librarian,  and  none  with 
so  small  a  cause  of  Ill-Content,  Jealousy  or  Rancour.  No  other 
Profession  is  like  his ;  no  other  so  Happy.  Of  the  Clergy,  I 
speak  not,  their  Calling  is  sacred  and  not  of  this  World.  The 
Physician  &  Lawyer  administer  to  the  ills  and  evils  of  Mankind. 
The  Merchant's  happiness  is  conditioned  upon  his  pecuniary 
Success. 

But  the  Librarian,  so  far  removed  from  any  of  these,  ministers 
to  the  Wisdom  and  Delight  of  Mankind,  increases  his  own 
Knowledge,  lives  surrounded  by  the  Noble  thoughts  of  great 
Minds,  and  can  take  no  Concern  of  pecuniary  Success,  forasmuch 
as  such  a  thing  is  not  within  the  boundaries  of  Possibility. 

If  any  may  rival  him  in  good  Fortune,  it  is  the  Author,  who 
produces  some  great  Work  of  which  the  Librarian  shall  stand 
as  humble  Guardian.  But  even  here,  again,  a  little  reading  suf- 
fices to  show  that  Authors  have  frequently  lived  in  Turmoil  or 
Penury,  dying  Destitute  or  wretched,  because  that  Publick 
Esteem  which  was  necessary  to  their  Contentment  had  been 
withheld  until  long  after  they  had  quitted  this  Earth. 

The  Librarian,  as  he  cannot  hope  for  Wealth  (  nor  fret  his 
Mind  about  it ),  so  he  cannot  expect  to  achieve  Fame.  Where 
is  the  Monument  erected  to  a  Librarian  ?  Great  Monarchs  and 
Warriors  have  theirs ;  in  ancient  times  it  was  even  a  custom  thus 
to  honour  the  Poet.  But  the  Librarian  lives  and  dies  unknown 
to  Fame;  the  durable  results  of  his  Labours  are  not  visible  to  the 
Eye,  and  if  at  all  he  receiveth  Honour  it  is  for  his  private  Char- 
acter as  a  Man.  His  Brother  Librarians  may  know  and  Esteem 
him  as  an  Ornament  to  their  Profession,  and  that  is  his  sufficient 
Reward. 

He  lives  protected,  avaricious  neither  of  Money  nor  of 
Worldly  Fame,  and  happy  in  the  goodliest  of  all  Occupations, — 
the  pursuit  of  Wisdom. 

This  is  the  Ending  of  The  Old  Librarian's  Almanack  for 
Anno  Domini  1  774.  Tomy  learn'd  Brethren,  1  wish  all  Health 
and  Joy, 


A  sure  and  certain  cure  for  the 

Bite  of  a  Rattlesnake 

Made  Publick 

by 
Abel  Puffer 

of 
Stoughton. 


If  the  Sufferer  be  Bit  in  the  Leg  (  as  it  Is  very  likely  to  happen  ) 
let  him  be  plac'd  in  a  revers'd  position ;  that  is,  with  his  Head 
down  and  his  Feet  in  the  Air  —  it  may  be  most  convenient  to 
lean  him  so  against  a  Wall  or  Fence,  or  if  neither  be  at  hand, 
then  against  a  Tree  or  Bush. 

Then,  without  any  Delay  whatsoever,  let  there  be  appli'd  to 
the  place  where  the  Fangs  have  punctur'd  the  Skin  a  Plaister 
made  in  the  following  manner :  Beat  to  a  soft  or  pulpy  consist- 
ency six  Plantain  leaves  that  have  previously  been  wash'd. 
Mingle  with  them  I  2  drops  of  Liquor  obtain'd  in  this  fashion : 
Soak  in  half  a  cup  of  Rain  Water  the  Heart  of  a  large  Gander, 
add  a  third  part  of  an  ounce  of  the  dry'd  roots  of  the  Yarrow, 
some  bruis'd  Colewort,  a  spoonful  of  the  Blue  Flag,  dry'd  & 
powder'd,  four  or  five  stalks  of  the  common  Pennyroyal,  a  half- 
ounce  of  the  Rind  of  roasted  Crab  Apples,  some  preserv'd 
blossoms  of  Alecumpane,  and  eight  Peppercorns.  This  Liquor 
should  simmer  slowly  for  forty-eight  hours,  and  when  it  is  about 
finish'd,  add  a  few  seeds  of  the  Indian  Gourd,  removing  them, 
however,  at  the  end  of  an  Hour. 


When  the  drops  from  the  resulting  Liquor  are  mix'd  with  the 
paste  of  Plantain  leaves,  the  Plaister  should  be  appli'd  on  the 
Wound,  and  mark  that  all  depends  that  this  is  done  within  ten 
minutes  from  the  time  when  the  Sufferer  was  Bitten.  ( It  may 
be  well  that  a  Minister  of  the  Gospel  be  sent  for,  if  so  be  it  that 
one  is  at  hand. ) 

Then  require  the  Sufferer  to  move  his  Limbs  about,  at  first 
slowly,  now  with  increasing  speed,  till  he  do  thrash  them  about 
with  all  the  Vigour  and  Rapidity  in  his  power.  After  this,  let  him 
rise,  and  run  in  a  circle,  or  nearly  so,  first  giving  him  to  drink  half 
a  glass  of  Jamaica  Rum.  When  he  be  ready  to  fall  from  Dizzi- 
ness (  which  flushes  the  Brain  with  Blood  )  again  apply  a  second 
Plaister,  like  the  first.  Tokens  of  improving  Health  are  sure  to 
be  seen  in  the  Sufferer,  if  not.  Prayers  had  better  be  address'd 
to  Providence. 


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